Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, then he leaned forward and took the initiative to lean against Chen Xun's ear and said in a low and hoarse voice: "Master Chen, I'm scared now."

The voice was neither slow nor slow, but it made the listeners feel the unique charm of a young girl.

"You, are you so bold now?" Chen Xun was not angry because of her behavior. Instead, he put his arms around her slender waist and pulled her to his seat. In the narrow compartment, the length of this row was just enough for the two of them to squeeze in.

After Chen Xun made this move, he did not make any further moves. Lin Xi smiled and asked, "Master Chen, it's very crowded sitting like this."

"There's room even if we squeeze in." Chen Xun said without hesitation.

Lin Xi knew that he was a domineering person who never changed his mind. She didn't want to dwell on it any more, so she asked directly, "Mr. Chen, are you here today for the people from Huainan Prefecture?"

"Since you know it, why are you asking me? Could it be that Miss Lin knows something about the inside story? Why not tell me everything now?" Chen Xun's eyes were full of calculations, and his tone was a test of her.

After a long while, Lin Xi continued, "Why don't you tell me about Huainan Prefecture, Master Chen? I'll think about it again. What is the connection between me and Huainan Prefecture?"

"There lives a crazy woman in Huainan Prefecture." Chen Xun's eyes were fixed on her fingers placed on her knees. Each finger was clearly visible, white and slender, with a very beautiful shape. She looked delicate yet powerful.

Otherwise, how could she have supported Shen Renzhang, a man who was a head taller than her?

"That crazy woman is not someone you can mess with." Chen Xun's eyes went up to meet hers, and he continued, "No matter what you want to do, if you mess with her, she will really take your life."

Lin Xi turned her head and was stunned. A woman living in Huainan Prefecture can still make the decision. Isn’t that the Princess of Huainan?

But the Prince of Huainan was more than twenty years older than her, and no matter how young the Princess of Huainan was, she was still older than her, so there was no way she could offend them.

Unless, this matter has something to do with my mother.

Lin Xi's eyes dimmed slightly. Her mother really left her with many mysteries.

She died once, and this time she actually found a clue, which was really interesting.

"Isn't your stepmother still in the Lin Mansion?" Chen Xun's tone was a little more playful. He suddenly thought of something, looked at Lin Xi, and said, "Aren't there still enemies of yours in the Lin Mansion? Why are you thinking of going to die without any strength now?"

Lin Xi naturally knew what he was referring to.

"What's more, you have borrowed my name so many times, it's time you return it to me!" Chen Xun raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a little emotion in his eyes that was not usually seen.

Lin Xi was stunned. He didn't expect him to say such a thing. "Since you want to pay it back, it should be when everything is settled! But, Master Chen, did you attack the people in the Chen Mansion?"

Chen Xun was a cold-blooded man, but every time she went to his house, she saw that he was nice to the people around him; but when she felt that he still had some affection for her, he would actually attack the Chen family that had raised him since he was a child.

Her eyes were clear and her tone was gentle.

Chen Xun didn't expect her to speak so bluntly. He had attacked the eldest wife in the Chen Mansion a few days ago.

He just wanted to let the old lady see that he would be the only pillar of the Chen family in the future, and even Chen Chu from the first wife was almost useless.

However, he is still not satisfied until now, because the real murderer has not been caught yet.

Thinking of this, Chen Xun lowered his eyes, "Yeah."

Lin Xi then spoke up, "Then we are not much different."

Chen Xun smiled, they were the same kind of people.

The methods they use are really no different.

These things don’t matter. Once people do them, there will always be traces left. Once there are traces, it is only a matter of time before the truth is found out.

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As soon as Lin Xi returned to the mansion, he saw everyone decorating the house with lights and preparing for the wedding.

Xu didn't expect that Lin Xi could come back.

As soon as Lin Xi came back, he went to visit his grandmother.

When Mrs. Lin saw Lin Xi coming back safe and sound, her eyes were red. She said, "You don't know, I was really scared. Now don't run around. If you ruin your reputation, it will be a big deal."

Lin Xi nodded, "The coachman took me the wrong way, and I didn't expect to get back until dark. On the way, I met Master Chen and Master Shen, and they said they would take me back."

She sat next to Old Madam Lin, while Xu and Lin Yuanyue sat on Old Madam Lin's right in the hall.

When Lin Yuanyue heard that Young Master Shen had also sent her back, a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes, but then she thought that she was going to marry the Ninth Prince, and her future was much better than Lin Xi's.

Do I need to envy her?

As she said this, she still threw the cup on the table angrily and said sarcastically, "Big sister, you are really capable. You can even let Lord Chen and Master Shen send you back home together."

Everyone present could hear the sarcasm in Lin Yuanyue's words.

Lin Xi smiled and said, "They are kind-hearted."

These words choked Lin Yuanyue so much that she was speechless. She glared at Lin Xi for a long time, not knowing what to say. She could only be silently angry in her heart.

Humph, just wait, Lin Xi, after she marries the Ninth Prince, won’t you have to kneel down when you see me, Lin Xi?

Lin Xi glanced at her and said, "I haven't congratulated you on your wedding yet, so why not give you the Phoenix headpiece my mother left behind as a gift to celebrate your wedding!"

After saying this, Lin Xi picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip, but she was thinking in her heart that in this life, she changed Lin Yuanyue's fate, and she was unable to step on herself again and achieve a good reputation.

It all depends on how she will live in the Ninth Prince's Palace in the future.

Lin Yuanyue felt extremely proud when she thought about marrying the Ninth Prince.

But until the day of the wedding, Concubine Ruan and the Ninth Prince became extremely cold and neither of them took the initiative to come to the house.

There was not even a nanny who should have been sent to teach etiquette.

Lin Yuanyue was in her room, feeling panic-stricken, and Xu was trying to comfort her.

Until the day of her wedding, when she got into the bridal sedan and the red veil blocked her vision, Lin Yuanyue did not see the myriad emotions in Lin Xi's eyes.

As early as a few days ago, there were rumors from Fengzao Palace that Concubine Ruan had an injury on her face. After all, she had been in great favor for so many years, but she had repeatedly rejected His Majesty, which angered His Majesty.

Your Majesty has not set foot in Fengzao Palace for nearly half a month.

She was anxious and could only ask her mother's family to find a few young girls to enter the palace, saying that she was lonely and bored and wanted her family members to keep her company. However, under her instructions, these family members appeared in front of His Majesty intentionally or unintentionally.

There was even a maid who looked very much like her when she was young, and she actually won the favor of His Majesty. He then favored her for three days, and others said she was the Little Concubine Ruan.

Concubine Ruan cares about her face more than anyone else, and cares about His Majesty's favor even more. So, under the current circumstances, she cannot let His Majesty see it. No matter how many doctors she sees, they all say that the scars on her face cannot be completely removed.

She has never taken the initiative to send anyone to His Majesty.

How could she not hate Lin Yuanyue.

Therefore, on the day when Lin Yuanyue entered the mansion, she, as a mother, had to prepare a big gift!

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Whenever Lin Yuanyue thought about how she had worked so hard only to become the ninth prince's concubine, she became very angry. She blamed Lin Xi, it was all her fault.

In the sedan chair, she kept twirling her handkerchief. It was okay, as she still had something left by the holy monk in her hand. All she had to do was win the heart of the Ninth Prince.

She could climb up from being a concubine to the position she wanted.

However, she was unexpectedly carried all the way into the prince's mansion from the side door, and there was only a nanny and two maids brought from the Lin Mansion by her side, which was in sharp contrast to the hustle and bustle in the front yard.

Lin Yuanyue couldn't help but ask, "Mammy, Ninth Prince, when can you come to the backyard?"

Nanny's expression showed a hint of disgust, and she said lightly: "My lady, as a concubine, you cannot ask about these things."

Hearing this, Lin Yuanyue felt filled with grievances. When she saw the Ninth Prince, she would make sure that he severely disciplined these slaves.

Just treat her as a soft persimmon and let others take advantage of her.

Finally, the sedan chair landed and she entered the house under the guidance of the nanny. But as soon as she entered the house, she realized something was wrong. Why was there an indescribable smell in there?

Lin Yuanyue lifted her veil and found that the residence here was even worse than her home. Her originally happy expression changed. She turned around and questioned the nanny beside her, saying, "Even if I am a concubine, I am also the concubine of the Ninth Prince. How dare you servants bully the master?"

When the nanny heard this, she was not angry, but said directly: "Miss Lin, since you are not on the imperial canon, and you don't have Concubine Ruan's approval, how can you be considered the Ninth Prince's concubine?"

Lin Yuanyue was dumbfounded. The surrounding environment kept telling her that she had been fooled.

She hurriedly struggled against the shackles of the nanny in front of her and wanted to run outside, but she couldn't break free from the nanny's hand at all, and was even dragged further and further into the house.

"No, no, let me go. I am the ninth prince's concubine. How dare you do this to me?" Lin Yuanyue could see the ill will in their eyes. She was extremely scared and wanted to run away.

However, they did not give her the chance at all. They dragged her into the house like a corpse and trapped her on a pillar, making her unable to move.

The nanny stuffed a rag in her mouth, turned around and walked out without smiling.

Lin Yuanyue refused to give up and wanted to run away.

But a gorgeous lady in a bridal gown walked in from outside, followed by a group of maids and servants in front and behind her. She looked at Lin Yuanyue with contempt, and ordered in a cold voice, "All of you go down. I want to talk to Concubine Lin alone for a while."

Lin Yuanyue knew that she would meet the beautiful lady when she entered the Ninth Prince's Mansion, but she began to think about the Ninth Prince and was sure that he would not dare to do anything to her.

She could only make a "wuwuwu" sound now. Her whole body was wrapped in cloth like a cicada pupa and tied to a pillar. The nanny used so much force that even her usually beautiful face became distorted.

"You don't know that I was secretly cheated on by you and the Ninth Prince, and then I called off the marriage. I was almost laughed at in the capital, so I hanged myself with a white collar."

When Hua Meiren said this, there was still some emotion in her eyes. After all, she was ridiculed by everyone in Kyoto during that period of time because of the two of them, and she didn't even dare to go out.

I stayed there until the imperial edict came from the palace.

She became the Ninth Prince's concubine, and Lin Yuanyue became the Ninth Prince's concubine who was not included in the imperial canon.

She was just a concubine, a slave, who could be beaten and scolded at will by her master. That was why she went out during the days of preparing for the wedding. Although there were still voices of discussion outside, she didn't care. She was just waiting for this day.

Fortunately, she finally waited for it.

Standing next to Hua Meiren was her trusted maid. After seeing Hua Meiren's signal, she stepped forward and took off the rag from Lin Yuanyue's mouth. If eyes could kill people, she would have been killed by this maid's eyes long ago.

The beautiful lady looked at her in silence. She took out a plain white jade hairpin from her hair full of red hairpins and said in a cold voice, "This white jade hairpin was given to me by you on the first day we met. I will use it to scratch your face today, and now we are even now."

She never thought that it would be Lin Yuanyue, her best friend who betrayed her.

She had never experienced such heartache before.

And now she wants to make Lin Yuanyue lose the thing she cares most about in her life.

The gorgeous lady walked up to her step by step, smiled, and cut wounds on her face.

Lin Yuanyue was so scared that she burst into tears. She begged for mercy from Hua Meiren, saying, "Sister Hua, please let me go! I beg you."

She didn't expect that she would not only fail to become the Ninth Prince's concubine, but would also lose her own face.

If that's the case, how could the Ninth Prince still like her?

"I beg you." Lin Yuanyue still wanted to beg for mercy, "Sister Hua, have you forgotten? How good we were before..."

Before she could finish, the beautiful lady scratched a long scar on her face. Blood spurted all over her face and she threw the hairpin on the ground.

The white jade hairpin broke into two pieces.

Hua Meiren's eyes were cold, and she turned and left, leaving a sentence lightly: "You used that thing on the imperial concubine, I'm afraid you will live a life worse than death in this life, and you will never be able to leave this house in this life."

Lin Yuanyue widened her eyes. It was impossible. How could the things given to her by the holy monk be discovered by others?

She didn't care about the pain on her face and wanted to explain something, but then she saw the nanny who had just come in with something familiar, looked at her, and sprinkled the ointment on her wound without hesitation.

She screamed in pain, with unwillingness in her eyes.

Doesn’t she just want to crawl the Internet?

After coming out, the beautiful lady wiped her face with a handkerchief and said to the maid beside her: "Send a message to Lin Xi. I have done everything I should do."

During those days, the only kindness she received was the letter from Lin Xi.

Now, just consider it as paying it back myself.

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